Plumber's log
The Plumber's Log is an unseen log book of Mario's that he uses to record his adventures throughout the animated segments of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. It's an obvious pun on Star Trek's "Captain's Log".
At the beginning of every episode, Mario would quote (in a voiceover) a brief entry from his Plumber's Log, usually explaining where he and his friends had traveled to, why they were there, and what they were about to encounter.
Each Plumber's Log has its own numbered entry, although there does not appear to be any plausible or chronological order to them in regards to the order of the episodes.
Note: Each Plumber's Log entry is written the way Mario pronounces it. For instance, the Plumber's Log for the first episode is written as "1-0-1", because Mario actually says "one-oh-one", as opposed to "one-hundred and one". Also note that Mario always says "oh" in place of any zeros.
However, there are a few entry numbers that this rule does not apply to, usually because the number has an actual meaning (ie; the number is a year).
Trivia
- No Plumber's Log begins with a "9".
- The Plumber's Log for "The Bird! The Bird!" is 1-0-1, which is also the episode's production code. It was the first episode to be produced and the first to be aired.
- The Plumber's Log for "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service" is 007 (double-oh-seven), which is an obvious reference to James Bond.
- The Plumber's Log for "Mario and Joliet" is 1601, which is supposedly the year that Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
- The Plumber's Log for "Koopa Klaus" is 12-25, which stands for December 25th, Christmas Day.
- The Plumber's Log for "The Unzappables" is 1929, which was the year of the Saint Valentine's Day massacre.
- The Plumber's Log for "The Ten Koopmandments" is 1000 B.C., which was around the time that King David was the king of Israel.
- The Plumber's Log for "The Koopas Are Coming! The Koopas Are Coming!" is 1776, a year in the American Revolution.
- The Plumber's Log for "The Great Gold Coin Rush" is 1849, a notable year for the California Gold Rush.
- The Plumber's Log for "Elvin Lives" is 1950. The episode itself resembles the 1950's.
- The Plumber's Log for "Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers" is 1989, the year that both The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and the movie Honey I Shrunk the Kids debuted.
- The Plumber's Log for "The Provolone Ranger" is 1870. The 1870's was the decade that Billy the Kid was a wanted outlaw.
- The Plumber's Log for "Mario of the Deep" is H2O, the scientific term used for water.
- The Plumber's Log for "Raiders of the Lost Mushroom" is 1938, the year that Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade took place.
- "Star Koopa" and "Robo Koopa" both have the same Plumber's Log (2001) for some reason. It is a reference to the futuristic story 2001: A Space Odyssey.
